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Re: Happy Recovery

Subject Re: Happy Recovery
Newsgroups comp.theory, sci.logic
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From Johann 'Myrkraverk' Oskarsson <johann@myrkraverk.invalid>
Organization Watcom Pro Ltd.
Message-ID <ht6eS.7409$qo2.6497@fx11.ams4> (permalink)
Date 2026-08-10 05:40 +0800

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On 09/08/2026 5:13 AM, polcott wrote:
> On 8/8/2026 1:20 PM, Johann 'Myrkraverk' Oskarsson wrote:
>> On 08/08/2026 11:30 PM, olcott wrote:
>>
>>  > My 28 year goal has been to make
>>  > "true on the basis of meaning expressed in language"
>>  > reliably computable for the entire body of general knowledge.
>>  > The complete structure of this system is now defined.
>>  >
>>  > The entire body of knowledge expressed in language is
>>  > comprised of two types of relations between finite strings:
>>  > (a) *Axioms* Expressions of language that are stipulated to be true.
>>  >
>>  > My system bridges the analytic/synthetic distinction by
>>  > expressly encoding all empirical "atomic facts" in a formal
>>  > language such as CycL of the Cyc project.
>>  >
>>  > (b) *Inference Rules* Expressions of language that are semantically
>>  > entailed syntactically from (a) and/or (b).
>>
>> Do I understand you correctly, that you plan to make a compiler for
>> the ML language from 1997?  Which stands for M.L., the /meta language/,
>> and never /machine learning/.
>>
>>
>> Happy compiler making!  I can point you in some directions, but I
>> believe you have the basics covered!
> 
> I spent 28 years figuring out how to make the body of
> general knowledge fully computable from first principles.


And which principles are those exactly?  I admit I'm not a theoretical
creature, and prefer to implement the theory in either C or Common Lisp,
though sometimes I dabble in comp.lang.ml.

> I can now explain my work in terms of adaptations and
> improvements to the ideas of five foundational proof
> theoretic papers by Dag Prawitz, Thomas Piecha and
> Peter Schroeder-Heister.
> 

I've heard of none of these guys.  Have you read /Handbook of Practical
Logic and Automated Reasoning/ by John Harrison?  I admit I'm still
reading the Introduction, so don't expect me to comment much on the book
just yet.

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In the hospital with pneumonia for three weeks recovering at home on oxygen olcott <polcott333@gmail.com> - 2026-08-08 10:30 -0500
  Happy Recovery (was: Re: In the hospital with pneumonia for three weeks recovering at home on oxygen) Johann 'Myrkraverk' Oskarsson <johann@myrkraverk.invalid> - 2026-08-09 02:20 +0800
    Re: Happy Recovery polcott <polcott333@gmail.com> - 2026-08-08 16:13 -0500
      Re: Happy Recovery Johann 'Myrkraverk' Oskarsson <johann@myrkraverk.invalid> - 2026-08-10 05:40 +0800
        Re: Happy Recovery polcott <polcott333@gmail.com> - 2026-08-09 18:07 -0500
        Re: Happy Recovery "Chris M. Thomasson" <chris.m.thomasson.1@gmail.com> - 2026-08-10 13:13 -0700
      Re: Happy Recovery "Fred. Zwarts" <F.Zwarts@HetNet.nl> - 2026-08-10 08:31 +0200
        Re: Happy Recovery polcott <polcott333@gmail.com> - 2026-08-10 08:26 -0500
          Re: Happy Recovery Ross Finlayson <ross.a.finlayson@gmail.com> - 2026-08-10 07:02 -0700
            Re: Happy Recovery polcott <polcott333@gmail.com> - 2026-08-10 10:20 -0500
          Re: Happy Recovery Mikko <mikko.levanto@iki.fi> - 2026-08-11 11:22 +0300
            Re: Happy Recovery polcott <polcott333@gmail.com> - 2026-08-11 07:35 -0500
              Re: Happy Recovery Mikko <mikko.levanto@iki.fi> - 2026-08-12 11:46 +0300
                Re: Happy Recovery olcott <polcott333@gmail.com> - 2026-08-12 08:36 -0500
                Re: Happy Recovery Mikko <mikko.levanto@iki.fi> - 2026-08-13 10:07 +0300
                Re: Happy Recovery polcott <polcott333@gmail.com> - 2026-08-13 04:05 -0500
              Re: Happy Recovery Johann 'Myrkraverk' Oskarsson <johann@myrkraverk.invalid> - 2026-08-15 01:55 +0800
                Re: Happy Recovery polcott <polcott333@gmail.com> - 2026-08-14 16:25 -0500
          Re: Happy Recovery Johann 'Myrkraverk' Oskarsson <johann@myrkraverk.invalid> - 2026-08-15 01:49 +0800
            Re: Happy Recovery polcott <polcott333@gmail.com> - 2026-08-14 16:22 -0500
              Re: Happy Recovery Johann 'Myrkraverk' Oskarsson <johann@myrkraverk.invalid> - 2026-08-15 13:31 +0800
                Re: Happy Recovery polcott <polcott333@gmail.com> - 2026-08-15 05:33 -0500
                Re: Happy Recovery Johann 'Myrkraverk' Oskarsson <johann@myrkraverk.invalid> - 2026-08-15 19:26 +0800
                Re: Happy Recovery polcott <polcott333@gmail.com> - 2026-08-15 08:32 -0500
                Re: Happy Recovery Johann 'Myrkraverk' Oskarsson <johann@myrkraverk.invalid> - 2026-08-15 22:36 +0800
                Re: Happy Recovery "Chris M. Thomasson" <chris.m.thomasson.1@gmail.com> - 2026-08-15 12:33 -0700
              Re: Happy Recovery Mikko <mikko.levanto@iki.fi> - 2026-08-15 10:51 +0300
                Re: Happy Recovery polcott <polcott333@gmail.com> - 2026-08-15 05:26 -0500
                Re: Happy Recovery Mikko <mikko.levanto@iki.fi> - 2026-08-16 10:29 +0300
                Re: Happy Recovery polcott <polcott333@gmail.com> - 2026-08-16 07:34 -0500
                Re: Happy Recovery Johann 'Myrkraverk' Oskarsson <johann@myrkraverk.invalid> - 2026-08-16 16:03 +0800
                Re: Happy Recovery Alan Mackenzie <acm@muc.de> - 2026-08-16 12:52 +0000
                Re: Happy Recovery Johann 'Myrkraverk' Oskarsson <johann@myrkraverk.invalid> - 2026-08-16 21:20 +0800
                Re: Happy Recovery polcott <polcott333@gmail.com> - 2026-08-21 12:36 -0500
                Re: Happy Recovery Johann 'Myrkraverk' Oskarsson <johann@myrkraverk.invalid> - 2026-08-22 02:17 +0800
                Re: Happy Recovery olcott <polcott333@gmail.com> - 2026-08-21 15:02 -0500
                Re: Happy Recovery Johann 'Myrkraverk' Oskarsson <johann@myrkraverk.invalid> - 2026-08-22 07:35 +0800
                Re: Happy Recovery olcott <polcott333@gmail.com> - 2026-08-21 21:41 -0500
                Re: Happy Recovery Johann 'Myrkraverk' Oskarsson <johann@myrkraverk.invalid> - 2026-08-27 15:33 +0800
                Re: Happy Recovery olcott <polcott333@gmail.com> - 2026-08-27 06:57 -0500
                Re: Happy Recovery Ross Finlayson <ross.a.finlayson@gmail.com> - 2026-08-27 08:22 -0700
                Re: Happy Recovery olcott <polcott333@gmail.com> - 2026-08-28 11:34 -0500
        Re: Happy Recovery "Chris M. Thomasson" <chris.m.thomasson.1@gmail.com> - 2026-08-10 13:12 -0700

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